los angeles distribution and broadcasting, inc. tonight, inside a bio-containment unit right here in the u.s. the couple finally allowed off that ship by bus, then by plane. the husband coming down with a fever during the flight. tonight, he is in special isolation here in the u.s. and he shows us the room. the nurse in protective gear, the sealed doors. and tonight, hundreds of others now allowed off the ship, but will many of them now be quarantined for another 14 days before being allowed to go home debate stage for the first time. the other democrats taking aim. and the message from team bloomberg tonight, amid new numbers showing bernie sanders soaring in the polls. could bernie sanders have the math that would be nearly impossible to catch up to after super tuesday? 24 hours after being set

free by president trump, former or rodlagojevich in front of th horrific crash at the daytona 500, this image late today. ryan newman leaving the hospital with his two daughters. the frightening and deadly plunge. the car right off the ferry with two women inside. what we've learned tonight. this happened right off south florida. the car sinking 50 feet. bracing for temperatures going down. wind chills, 17 in minneapolis, minus 3 in chicago. new york city, boston bracing next. and amid the emergency already tonight, new dangerous rains expected from texas to the carolinas. rob times all of this out. there is major news tonight in the case of the new york city college student murdered in the park. the surveillance tonight showing two married police officers offduty jumping into action, taking on a robber on their date night. and the news fromtonight.

good evening and it's great to have you with us here on this wednesday night. and we begin tonight with a very rare look right here in the u.s. tonight, inside a highly secured bio-containment unit, this one in nebraska. the first patient to be treated there, an american husband. he and his wife finally allowed off that ship off japan, but then on the plane home, he came down with a fever. the man's fever spiking during the flight. whisked off the plane to that special hospital unit, and tonight, he shows us inside the room. the nurse in protective gear, the doors sealed. and tonight, hundreds of others are now being allowed off that ship. many of them americans. but could they now face another quarantine before being allowed to go home here in the u.s.? abc's clayton sandell outside that hospital in nebraska tonight.ur thi greeting .acuatip landed in omaha, he was spiking a fever. >> my wife touched me and she knew i was burning up. >> reporter: goldman and his wife, jeri, were fine when they left the diamond princess cruise

ship. tient in a bio-containment unit at the university of nebraska medical center. >> the doors are specially sealed, so i kind of feel like i'm a fish inside a bowl. >> reporter: tonight, he's giving us the first look inside. >> i've got gatorade in every single flavor. >> reporter: a pre-existing health issue landed goldman in the specialized unit, the largest in the country, able to house ten patients. the air circulates 15 times eri hazardous infections. it was last used to treat ebola patients in 2014. >> there's my nurse in the hazmat outfit. that's the monitor. there's a camera on me. and then double glass everywhere. >> reporter: in japan, goldman's fellow passengers are finally i floating incubator, infecting nearly 700 people.

who says heancere d protections or ignored. >> there was no way to tell where the virus is. no green zone, no red zone. wherever could have virus and everybody was not careful about it. >> reporter: a japanese health official insisting while they didn't have 100% separation, they believe the quarantine functioned effectively. with dozens of americans still coming off the ship, the cdc is now banning those passengers from entering the u.s., unable to return home until they are symptom-free for another two weeks. >> all right, let's get back to clayton sandell, again with us tonight from omaha, where that patient is being watched around the clock, and clayton, do we have any late word on his condition? >> reporter: yeah, david, goldman tells us he is being checked every three hours. so far, the good news is, he is not showing any signs of a patitsere are going total sy

the next 14 days before they're allowed to leave. goldman says he is eager to catch another flight, this time home to los angeles.20nd tonigh erg making his first appearance after spending at least $400 million on polso, ise lead in our new abc news/"washington post" poll and other polls, too. sanders ahead of all the other democrats by double digits. and so tonight, the bloomberg campaign with their own message. what they call a dire warning, saying sanders could have the math wrapped up after super tuesday. with the moderates dividing the rest of the vote. but the candidates are not having it, saying that bloomberg, in fact, you're twriing to buy the nomination. mary bruce in nevada tonight. >> reporter: tonight, for the first time, michael bloomberg steps out from behind his $400 million campaign and onto the national debate stage.

his rivals waiting. >> working people of this country are tired of a corrupt political system in which billionaires think they can buy elections. >> reporter: senator bernie sanders is surging in the national polls, with a double-digit lead. but bloomberg is on the rise. s after each other tonight. today, we got a preview. it started when sanders, who recently suffered a heart attack, was asked if he'll release more medical records. >> you think i'm not in good health, come on out with me on the campaign trail and i'll let you introduce me to the three or four rallies a day that we do, how's that?ou don't plan to release any more records? >> i don't. i don't think we will, no. >> reporter: the senator's press secretary then tried to turn the issue on bloomberg. >> it's really telling that none of the same concern is being demonstrated for michael bloomberg, who is the same age as bernie sanders, who has suffered heart attacks in the past. >> reporter: that's not trues n

attack. his campaign manager called it "an absolute lie." and the sanders aide later acknowledged, she, quote, misspoke. tonight, elizabeth warren, pete buttigieg and amy klobuchar are ready to pounce on bloomberg's record. >> i'm glad he's up there because he's got to answer questions, like how the rest of us have been doing for an entire year. >> reporter: joe biden made it clear today he's ready for a fight. >> i'm just going to tell the truth. that always works. >> what's the truth about bloomberg? >> the truth is he's basically been a republican his whole life. the fact of the matter is, he has -- he didn't endorse barack or me when we ran. this is a guy talking about, you know, he's using barack's pictures like, you know, they're good buddies. >> a great president and an effective mayor. >> reporter: bloomberg has blanketed his ads with the >> the thing i like about mike, it's not about words. it's always about action. well witthe former vice president.

>> here we go tonight. mary bruce live from vegas. even as blool berg's say rals prepare to attack him tonight, they're well aware at the other dynamic at play, that bernie sanders is on the rise, in several polls. and the math could soon become pretty difficult to beat by super tuesday. >> reporter: well, david, bloomberg's campaign is warning that if all of the moderate candidates stay in the race and the vote splits between them, they say bernie sanders could soon be unstoppable. bloomberg's top strategist today sounding the alarm, saying, quote, i don't think many people understand the dire circumstances here. david? >> mary bruce in nevada tonight. mary, thank you. and less than 24 hours after being freed by president trump, former illinois governor rod blagojevich, in front of the cameras, declaring he is a trump-ocrat. thanking the president. he was among 11 convicts pardoned or their sentences commuted by the president. here's our chief white house correspondent jonathan karl. >> reporter: out of prison, thanks to president trump, disgraced former illinois

governor rod blagojevich emerged from his home in chicago this morning. a freed political prisoner. >> reporter: he had served eight years of a 14-year sentence for trying to sell barack obama's senate seat. his scheme caught on a federal wiretap. >> i mean, i've got this thing and it's [ bleep ] golden. and i'm just not giving it up for [ bleep ] no news. >> the president's about justice and fairness. i'm a trump-ocrat. if i had the ability to vote, i'd vote for him. >> reporter: blagojevich was one of several people granted clemency by president trump yesterday at the urging of friends and supporters. among them, construction company owner paul pogue, who pleaded guilty to filing a false tax return. he and his family donated more than $200,000 to the president's

re-election campaign and the republican party. >> all right, as news continues to come in on this, jon karl live at the white house tonight. and jon, the president was asked in the last 24 hours, in fact, if another pardon would be coming. will he pardon roger stone, who will be sentenced tomorrow. >> reporter: well, david, roger stone was seen leaving florida today, coming here to washington for his sentencing tomorrow mo pe about apardon. offeredt answ, h has talked stone, said at,heay he p way he's even attacked the judge in this case, it sure sounds like the president is gearing up for a parton. david? >> jon karl with us again tonight. thank you. we're also following a breaking headline overseas tonight from germany. several people are reportedly seriously hurt after a shooting in the german city of hanal. that's a half hour east of frankfurt. pictures just coming in from the crime scene in the city's s no weird y motive or suspects or the toll tonight. back here at home and the

welcome image late today of nascar driver ryan newman, after that horrific crash at the daytona 500. newman was seen walking out of the hospital, holding the hands of his two daughters just 48 hours after that crash. abc's victor oquendo from florida tonight. >> to the inside -- >> reporter: tonight, less than 48 hours after this horrific crash at the daytona 500 sent ryan newman sailing through the air and skidding across the finish line -- >> ryan newman comes across the line. >> reporter: an posting this video of him walking out of the hospital, his two little girls, brooklyn and ashlyn, in tow. just hours earlier, the team posting this pic of newman and the girls and a picture with hospital staff. >> ryan newman off turn four for e natime. >> reporr:ewman in t in e laapte when he was bumped from behind, sending him into the wall, another car slamming into the driver's side of his car, flinging him airborne. fans holding their collective breath as track teams raced to get newman out and put out the flames. >> it looked terrible and it was terrible. >> reporter: newman lucky to

walk away at all. a reminder that despite the safety improvements over the years, racing is still a dangerous sport. nascar is investigating the crash. we still don't know exactly what newman's injuries were, but he appears to be in good spirits. his team says he was joking around with friends and family as he but released. david? >> really great to see that image today. victor, thank you. we're going to move on now to the ferry accident off south florida. a car plunging off a ferry. two women inside, their bodies have now been recovered from inside the car. authorities now today asking, how did this happen? and here's abc's gio benitez. >> reporter: tonight, investigators in south florida are trying to figure out how a car on a ferry plunged into the water, killing two women. >> car went into the water just as it pulled away from the dock at fisher island. >> reporter: 63-year-old emma afra of miami beach and 75-year-old viviane brahms of b new york were inside that car.

teams of divers searching the waters tuesday night, finding the two women still inside the sunken 2019 mercedes-benz. both were unresponsive. >> we have to look at the entire operation and to make changes to ensure it's absolutely safe. >> reporter: tonight, customers were urged to use their parking bra brakes. the ferry used to go across a shipping table. and the coast guard tells abc news the ferry was last infected just about three weeks ago, but would not give details, because of that ongoing investigation. david? >> all right, gio, thank you. that massive storm system in the east, we're tracking rain stalling across the south again tonight. and a bitter blast in the north. wind chills of minus 3 in chicago, minus 17 in minneapolis. snow in maine causing this accident involving multiple tractor trailers on i-95. relentless rain in tennessee, washing out this road in harden county.

rathce for those wind chills. so, let's get right to meteorologist rob marciano tracking it all. hey, rob. >> reporter: hi, david. the cold front that's finally cleared the northeast has stalled across the south.ss the. and that's going to kind of kick start the flooding rain as a wave develops along that front. jackson, mississippi, birmingham, atlanta. you're going to need rain you don't need. and maybe some snow, looks like, raleigh to virginia beach, could see one to three inches, maybe four tomorrow night. that's a disruptive evening commute. it's running into cold air that's going to bring wind chills in chicago down below zero, in des moines. on friday morning, at or below zero from boston to birmingh nk next here, the new headline in new york city tonight. a third suspect is now in custody tonight in the fatal stabbing of that college freshman here in new york city. the second 14-year-old to be charged as an adult in the case. that student was killed in a city park just before christmas during an alleged robbery.

here's abc's erielle reshef tonight. >> reporter: tonight, the teen accused of stabbing and killing barnard college freshman tessa majors pleading not guilty in court. 14-year-old rashaun weaver charged as an adult with second degree murder. >> we are confident that we have the person in custody who stabbed her. >> reporter: and 14-year-old luchiano lewis arrested today also charged as an adult, murde. 18-year-old majors was fatally stabbed in december in morningside park, just blocks from her school.owunti she finad collapsing. cludin video evidence, re majors with a knife, and dna recovers majors' fingernail.weer's attor

against any rush to judgement, saying, "our client is a 14-year-old child with no criminal record or family court history. he should not be charged as an adult." david, police say all three suspects are now in custody. those two 14-year-olds and a 13-year-old who has been charged as a juvenile. david? >> all right, erielle reshef tonight. erielle thank you. and there is still much more ahead on "world news tonight" this wednesday. there is news tonight on elton john, what the singer is saying tonight. also, the hero crossing guard. he's 88 years old. he was struck and killed while pushing children out of harm's way. he saved the children and paid for it with his own life. also, the surveillance tonight showing two married police officers, they were offduty, but they jumped into action to take out an armed robber on their date night. and the image that got our attention late today. the orphaned koala rescued in australia and the heartwarming moment they hand that little koala a stuffed friend, and how the koala responds. a lot more news ahead here. a lot more news ahead here. i'll be right back. is about to become your problem.

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robber, seen here by a security camera trying to hold up a fast food joint in louisville, he picked the wrong time. this happened to be date night for mr. and mrs. mckeown, seen here enjoying chicken sandwiches last saturday evening, on the other side of this raising cane's restaurant. the two are married police officerseat ok oth. is this what's going on?les go >> rep with gu ter. the would-be thief, wearing a white mask, runs out the door, and drops his gun on the way out. outside the restaurant, they hold him down until help arrives. 30-year-old justin carter is pleading not guilty to robbery and other charges. >> we're trained for those kind of situations and when it comes to people's lives are in danger, i feel like any other officer here would have done the same thing. >> reporter: the officers were just married six months ago and had dinner at this same restaurant on their wedding night. david? >> quite a story. steve, thank you. when we come back tonight,

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lost her mom. >> this is for you. >> reporter: just listen. >> same color as you. >> reporter: the koala reaches out to her friend. >> atta girl. good girl. >> reporter: the veterinarian writing, "this little girl unfortunately lost her mother. truly we are all connected and we can and must do better," writing, "members of the local community will step in to take care of her and hopefully release her back to the wild." one small step tonight, with her friend. >> good girl. >> incredible moment. thank you for watching here tonight. i'm david muir. i hope to see you tomorrow. i thought steyer was brilliant in that moment. we have not said one word tonight about race. not one word. are you kidding me? the heart and soul of this party is diversity. when a kid succeeds in columbia, south carolina - in las vegas, nevada - that is a triumph for every american. people don't know tom steyer. i've known tom steyer for fifteen years. his commitment on

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